The 2015 Prague Baseball Week started on Tuesday with three games of the preliminary phase. Six teams have been invited. The International Stars have been the two-time defending champion and is looking for the three-peat.
GB Lions – International Stars 0-14 (7)
The International Stars opened the tournament with a 14-0 shutout over Great Britain’s Lions. 11 runs in the top of the fourth blew the score wide open. Brandon Marshall of the Cologne Cardinals and Jack Shannon of the Therwil Flyers collected four RBI apiece. Moneyball’s Melvin Perdue of the Athletics Attnang-Puchheim went 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBI. Jamie Gregory and Ben Pearson had the two hits for the GB Lions.
Czech U18 – German U18 9-11
A reinforced German U18 squad defeated the Czech U18 team in the second game on the first day by a score of 11-9. Germany, which brought a couple of U21 players to Prague, took control of the game with seven runs combined in the fifth and sixth. Oliver Thieben, Marcel Jimenez, Victor Voll and Eric Harms had two RBI apiece. Jimenez and Voll led the team with three hits each. Martin Cervinka went 3-for-5 with four RBI for the Czech squad.
Czech Republic – Planet Baseball 13-3 (7)
In the evening the Czech seniors faced the travel team of Planet Baseball and celebrated a 13-3 win in seven innings. Ten runs in the fourth turned a 2-3 deficit into a commanding lead. Adam Hajtmar and Jakub Sladek led the way by combining for five RBI. Hajtmar’s bases loaded walk in the seventh ended the game due to ten-run rule.
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